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A [[Biomass Waste EFW]] facility [[Western Wood Energy Plant]] is based upon the co-firing of virgin wood and forestry processing rejects, with only small amounts of clean [[Wood Waste]] to generate 14MWe<ref>[https://www.eco2uk.com/projects/biomass/western-wood-energy-plant/ ECO2 Website: Western wood Plant]</ref>.
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==Summary==
==Summary==
A [[Biomass Waste EFW]] facility based upon the co-firing of [[Wood Waste]], virgin wood, forestry processing rejects and energy crops to generate 30MWe and 10MWth of energy for use in the grid and the adjacent [[Sembcorp]] site, as an ancillary operation to their 197MW Wilton Power Station<ref>[https://www.power-technology.com/projects/wood-burning/ Power Technology Website]</ref>. The plant consumes up to 300,000 tonnes per year of material, of which around 80,000 tonnes is [[Wood Waste]] supplied by [[UK Waste Wood Recycling]], a subsidiary of [[Enva]], from a nearby separate site.
A [[Biomass Waste EFW]] facility [[Western Wood Energy Plant]] is based upon the co-firing of virgin wood and forestry processing rejects, with only small amounts of clean [[Wood Waste]] to generate 14MWe. The [[Forestry Commission]] is the largest fuel supplier to the plant.


The Wilton 10 facility was developed by [[Sembcorp Energy UK]] and was operational in the autumn of 2007 and at the time was the first large scale biomass power station to be built. It is located in Teeside on the Wilton International Industrial Estate and is discrete from [[Wilton 11 EfW|Wilton 11]] which is a [[Residual Waste EFW]] project.
The Western Wood facility is owned by [[Western Bioenergy Ltd]] and [[Good Energies(UK) LLP]] is the principle shareholder (with a minority interest by [[Western Log Group]] who originally developed the project). [[ECO2]] joined the project between 2004 and 2014 for fuel logistics and administration - the plant is now owned and operated by [[Greensphere Capital LLP]].


==Plant==
==Plant==
Built under an [[EPC]] contract with [[Foster wheeler]] for a reported $55m (excluding the turbine and power island supplied by [[Siemens]]), the standard combustion technology is based on a fluidised bed system.  
The plant commenced construction in October 2006 and was fully operational in November 2008. The plant cost £33m to construct via an [[EPC]] consortium contract between [[Aalborg Energie Technik]] (AET) and [[Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor]] (BWSC). It is based on coventional combustion via an advanced grate that processes 20 tonnes per hour of wood chips, with a steam turbine from [[Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding]]<ref>[https://www.renewable-technology.com/projects/western-wood-energy-biomass-wales/ Renewable Technology Website]</ref>.


==Tonnage Input/Fuel==
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The tonnage received by the plant is a mixture of [[Biomass]] and in the most recent [[Annual Sustainability Report]] for 2018-19<ref>[https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2018-19 Biomass Sustainability Dataset 2018-19]</ref> [[Ofgem]] reported the following fuel received ([[Wood Waste]] representing 32% of input):
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Biomass !! Tonnage (2018-19)
|-
| [[Wood Waste]] || '''79,994'''
|-
| Sawmill Residues || 56,026
|-
| Arboriculture and Forestry Residues || 91,335
|-
| Virgin Wood (logs)|| 29,954
|-
| Total||250,309
|}
The [[Wood Waste]] is exclusively supplied by [[UK Waste Wood Recycling]] which sources much of the [[Wood Waste]] from [[Waste Disposal Authorities]]. The [[Waste Wood]] tonnage received cannot be directly compared with the stated historical tonnage received and recorded in the [[EA]] statistics as these are recorded on a calendar year basis (i.e. January 2018 to December 2018) and were '''60,898''' tonnes.


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:56, 15 August 2022

A Biomass Waste EFW facility Western Wood Energy Plant is based upon the co-firing of virgin wood and forestry processing rejects, with only small amounts of clean Wood Waste to generate 14MWe[1].


Western Wood Energy Plant
Operational
Site Location
Site Location

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Operator Western Bio-Energy Ltd
Capacity 16.4 MWe
Feedstock Waste Wood/Virgin
EPR (Waste Licence) ZP3939GL
ROC Yes
CfD
CHP Unkwn

Operators Annual Report


Input Data

Year Wood Litter RDF Other Total
2021 61769 0 0 64873 126642
2022 25983 0 0 0 101393


Output Data

Year IBA IBA %ge of Tot IN APC APC %ge of Tot IN
2021 4111 3.25% 375 0.30%
2022 4863 4.80% 453 0.45%

Western Wood Energy Plant - Source Chris Andrews
Western Wood Energy Plant - Source Chris Andrews


Summary

A Biomass Waste EFW facility Western Wood Energy Plant is based upon the co-firing of virgin wood and forestry processing rejects, with only small amounts of clean Wood Waste to generate 14MWe. The Forestry Commission is the largest fuel supplier to the plant.

The Western Wood facility is owned by Western Bioenergy Ltd and Good Energies(UK) LLP is the principle shareholder (with a minority interest by Western Log Group who originally developed the project). ECO2 joined the project between 2004 and 2014 for fuel logistics and administration - the plant is now owned and operated by Greensphere Capital LLP.

Plant

The plant commenced construction in October 2006 and was fully operational in November 2008. The plant cost £33m to construct via an EPC consortium contract between Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) and Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). It is based on coventional combustion via an advanced grate that processes 20 tonnes per hour of wood chips, with a steam turbine from Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding[2].

Annual Sustainability Tonnage Input/Fuel

The tonnage[3] received by the plant in the most recent Annual Sustainability Report and for the previous 3 years for Error: no local variable "asyear" has been set. was reported by Ofgem as below[4]:

Year Waste Wood (m3) Waste Wood (t) Straw Miscanthus Arboricultrual Waste Sawmill Residue Foresrty Residue Round Wood Short Rotation Coppice MBM Other Material

Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit ZP3939GL, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data used is from the most recent returns. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: Expression error: Unexpected < operator.t.

Where this tonnage exceeds that reported in year of the corresponding annual report, this may be due to the following reasons:

  • Tonnage may have been received but not incinerated, i.e. the material is held pending incineration (the operator return to the EA reports as received whereas the annual report focuses on when the waste is incinerated.)
  • Material may have been received into the site but treated in some other way than incineration.
  • Material may have been received on the but transferred out of site for disposal/treatment at another site rather than incineration on the site.
EWC Code Origin of Waste Tonnes In


References

  1. ECO2 Website: Western wood Plant
  2. Renewable Technology Website
  3. In the case of EfW plants with gasification technology the figures are reported in terms of cubic metres of syngas produced rather than tonnes used
  4. Biomass Sustainability Dataset 2020-21